30.10.11

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring and illegal high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974.

Part documentary, part drama Marsh’s film is an awe inspiring account of what some consider "the artistic crime of the century," winning a Bafta for Outstanding British film and an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

24.10.11

“What's it going to be then, eh?” Volcano takes on Burgess's inventive, disturbing little masterpiece fifty years after it was written. A nasty little shocker, or a profound exploration of state power and free will?

Beautifully designed, with extraordinary performances, this production stays true to Burgess's original both in its cut-throat inventiveness and in its insistence on the question of whether it is better to be forced to be good or to be free to do evil.

17.10.11

Set on an Essex estate Fish Tank follows the life of Mia, a fifteen year old girl with a fiery temperament and a love of hip-hop dance, as she struggles to assert herself against a suffocating home life. Featuring an astonishing debut performance from Katie Jarvis and beautiful cinematography that renders Essex urban life in an incredible new light, the film won the Jury Prize at Cannes and a Bafta Award for Best British Film.

4.10.11

Fresh from a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Festival, Lakeside Theatre are proud to present Darkness.

Yann, a young Muslim immigrant, takes work that no one else will do; clearing windblown trees in a remote forest. It’s dangerous, but he needs the job and anyway he’s fallen for the beautiful Caitlin. The family he works for are deeply religious and soon Yann is confronted about his own convictions.